N. Korea launches personal attack on U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton

Spokesman called Clinton "by no means intelligent" and a "funny lady"

She had earlier likened leadership in Pyongyang to "small children"

Communist state made clear that stalled nuclear talks are effectively finishedupdated 1 minute agoNext Article in World »

BANGKOK, Thailand (CNN) -- North Korea launched a scathing personal attack on U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday after she likened the leadership in Pyongyang to "small children and unruly teenagers and people who are demanding attention."

At a meeting of southeast Asian nations in Phuket, Thailand, a North Korean Foreign Ministry spokesman blasted Clinton for what he called a "spate of vulgar remarks unbecoming for her position everywhere she went since she was sworn in," according to the state-run KCNA news agency.

The spokesman called Clinton "by no means intelligent" and a "funny lady."

"Sometimes she looks like a primary schoolgirl and sometimes a pensioner going shopping," the statement said. Read other colorful insults by N. Korea

The verbal tussle between the two countries culminated with the reclusive communist state making it clear that six-party nuclear talks, stalled for over a year, were effectively finished.

Clinton had earlier warned that North Korea's refusal to discuss its nuclear program could escalate tensions and provoke an arms race in northeast Asia. Watch as North Korea insults Clinton »

"I was gratified by how many countries from throughout the region spoke up and expressed directly to the North Korea delegation their concerns over the provocative behavior we have seen over the last few months," Clinton said at a meeting of southeast Asian nations in Phuket, Thailand.

"Unfortunately, the North Korean delegation offered only an insistent refusal to recognize that North Korea has been on the wrong course," she said. "They expressed no willingness to pursue the path of denuclearization. In their presentation today, they evinced no willingness to pursue the path of denuclearization, and that was troubling not only to the United States, but to the region and the international community.

Before Clinton's remarks in Phuket on Thursday, the North Korean delegation attempted to take the podium to speak to the media. But it was turned away by security guards.

North Korea tested a nuclear device in May and fired seven ballistic missiles earlier this month in defiance of a U.N. resolution.

At the Association of Southeast Asian Nations meeting, Clinton said she had unanimous support for U.N. Resolution 1874, passed by the Security Council in June. It tightened sanctions on North Korea, imposing an embargo on the shipment of arms from that nation.

The North protested the resolution by saying it would enrich uranium and weaponize plutonium, according to KCNA. When enriched to a high degree, uranium can be used as weapons-grade material. Plutonium can be used in atomic bombs.

Clinton said the United States will continue to push North Korea to come to the table. She said a "full normalization of relationships" was possible if North Korea agreed to a verifiable dismantling of its nuclear program.

"The United States and its allies and partners cannot accept a North Korea that tries to maintain nuclear weapons, to launch ballistic missiles or to proliferate nuclear materials," Clinton said. "We are committed to the verifiable denuclearization of the Korean peninsula in a peaceful manner."

The United States has also expressed concern that military cooperation between North Korea and Myanmar could destabilize the region

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i have to agree with clinton on this, i have stated this several times, but they are like little children, and stupid little children, i read there army goes hungry, as they spend on nuclear devices . any ppl that cant look south and see how much better the lives of south koreans are , with there industry, have to be stupid and like children. but they have a leader. and are communist,so the ppl have no say in their misery. there way of life is hard, still n korea spends on nuclear devices and there ppl go hungry, it baffles me. by the way my nephew is welding in the building of the new south korean KIA plant in Georgia, and it is finished the workers are now coming in, he is getting to stay to change out a pipe that is not correct, and alabama has a south korean hyundia plant for several years now. why north korea cant see this is beyond me, they are worse than children, the are monkeys. i think Hyundai now owns kia, i went to a class on lean manufacturing, and hyundia studied how toyota makes cars a few years ago, and has copied to the letter the way toyota does it, and hyundia and kia, quality has improved greatly.. and now can compete with anyone.